Ameya Paleja

Gambling in India is not uncommon. The rightful of Pandu's sons gambled with their wife and kingdom. Shopkeeper's gamble everyday with what they stock and what should be thrown out. The stock exchanges are sophisticated and to a certain extent calculated gambles, a man makes. Travelling on the footboard of a bus or a train, college youth and even 50 year old uncles, gamble with their lives everyday in India.  Gambling with money, although very common, is a taboo in our country. People, from all strata of the society gamble with money every day. An unverified and therefore inaccurate report states that the ' matka' gambling business in Mumbai has a turnover of about 1000 crores on a monthly basis. This number is inaccurate and the actual figure is very likely to be greater than 1k crores. Indians have gambled on cotton rates in the New York cotton market, then, the-then-called, Bombay cotton exchange, moving to horse-racing (which is legal) and the sport that binds the...

Lyrics and Guitar chords for Sona's song.... Abhi Nahi Aana... D A Abhi nahi aana sajana X2, G A Mohe thoda marne de G A Intezar karne de D A Abhi nahin aana sajana Stanza: D G Bhejiyo sandesha A Aap nahin aana D G Thode door rahke A Mohe tarsana E D A Abhi to mein chahun, sari sari raat jagana Abhi nahi anna sajana....... (Chorus) Remaining stanza's go the same way..... Lyrics are below: Ruk ruk aana Dheere dheere chalna Bhoolna dagaria, raste badalna Nahi abhi mohe,garwa nahi hey lagna Abhi na jagaoh Bane raho sapna Abhi san-mukh na lawo mukh apna Abhi to mein chahun, aass lagaye rakhna. Suggestions and comments are welcome.... I will try and reply when I can...

After a superb start from Sachin and Sehwag, India had scored 230 runs in their 38 overs, when they decided to take their powerplay. Once again, the batting powerplay proved to be the Indian team's nemesis and batsmen could not even cross 300 in their allotted 50 overs. What is worse, that the team failed to play their quota of 50 overs and Dhoni, the captain, stood there watching his team mates get out in a rush. Teams are scoring 300 odd runs on a regular basis in one day cricket. You can give T20 the credit for this, but what is also important is the kind of tracks being provided for these matches. Most teams have come with 1-2 spinners in their squad to exploit the spin tracks in the Indian sub continent. But the tracks being provided are absolute flat. They might be on the slower side, but most tracks favour batting. So, if you dig your heels in, play some sensible cricket, you might even see someone score 400 in the days to come. To better that, some one might might chase it...